Maudie Pie can't get over her younger sister's colorless coltfriend. Even more worrisome is this isn't the first divide between herself and stoic little Pinkamena.
Is Maudie out of touch? Or is her flighty anxiety just acting up again? The best advice would come from a theoretical pony who thinks like Mena but acts like Maudie.
Good thing some sisterly bonds can hop between realities.
This is an entry in the Snippet Series, an anthology of old oneshots that I (and my good buddy Str8aura) wrote based around interesting pics I found. New ones will be posted every other Thursday for the foreseeable future.
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I really like this idea and the execution! What a pleasant surprise to see and read today :D
I think the name Maud pie is still fine.
interesting character reverse idea
I kind of want to know what other people in this weird world are like
I am very interested in this AU.
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So am I!
Looks like Pinkie took a page from Rarity's book:
I was wondering what would have been Mena's reaction to Pinkie. Oh, well.
This is a fun AU! Not quite a sibling swap, more like a partial personality inversion. Some ideas:
This was fun! Nicely done.
No, its the kids who are wrong.
Already i appreciate that its not a complete personality swap. We're doing this with nuance, and that means measuring demeanor against mindsets. In a multiverse of possibilities, the easiest, surgically perfect shakeups are always the tempting ones to go for.
Assigned Genderfluid At Spelling Mistake.
Intrigue builds... question mark? The dismissal makes me worry this is a reference to another story, which may alienate and seem random to your audience. We'll see.
Are Diamond Dogs known for laughing? Maybe in this universe they are. Sidenote, we need more stories about pleasant diamond dogs.
Ah! A-ha. You told me once you wished you could write multiverse stories as more than just a vessel to character studies. This is a shakeup! I didn't expect this from you! Very chill.
A better fate than Blink, I suppose, but this is still a pretty harrowing trauma to shrug off. Its believable for her, at least.
Oddly, in all my years of reading, I don't think I've EVER seen an evil Maud. An evil Cheerilee, an evil Starlight, an evil goddamn Spitfire, but never an evil Maud. Huh. Must be something about her.
I don't recall Pinkie ever saying Yeppers. I do, however, recall your indignancy when I wrote out a morse code message that translated to YEPPERS as Pinkie.
One Weird Gem Discovered By A Maud, A Weird Old Gem Discovered By A Maud, And You Could Own Your Name Dot Com, And You Could Own Your Name Dot Now
Its a harsh acceptance to name someone else's universe as the 'main universe'. Thats a little nihilistic for you, but everything else is your bread and butter. I'm happy the certified Weird Gem did indeed become plot important, even if it was introduced a little wontonly. It lived and died as Macguffinite, and that was all it needed to do. Thats the entire story, I suppose; it has no real massive impact on either world (Other than Pinkie's inevitable lung disease from breathing in loose grit and dust for a week), and only serves as a vessel for... well, character exploration, not that thats a bad thing. It clearly works for you, and I'm happy you're still finding new and innovative ways to use it, even as I have to scrounge for time to write. Kudos.
Delightful way to open the year. I do love how nicknames (or the lack thereof) seem to be the governing principle. It is a silly world; no wonder Pinkie’s so eager to come back. Thank you for this.
I was going to write that Pinkie seems kinda lackadaisical about being stuck in a cave for six days...
...until I remembered who we were talking about.
Yyyyyyep. I like this quite a lot. 👌
To at least put in something different, I won't just comment on how good and innovative it is to have this be between Pinkie and Maudie, engrossing as that relationship can get.
I'd say that what's being shown here is a conflict of self-confidence on Maudie's part. Pinkie is the one to help her get out of the rut, but knowing your interpretation of Maud from Stop Number Twelve does paint this in a bleaker light, though this story takes the lack of self-confidence much more light-heartedly, given both protagonists' pollyannaish personalities: seeing Maudie air her anxieties and frustrations with a rapid-fire tongue does feel like a whiplash from remembering Maud's internal volcanic struggles in the bus. I'd dare say it's a good candidate for being an inversion of Stop Number Twelve in all the good ways (not least of which is that our pair here are more than comfortable with gabbing things out).
And it's nice to see all the detail put into building up this not-exactly-a-mirror-verse. As someone else has pointed out, it's a partial personality inversion. Yet, there's not too much: the other people here, according to the comments, want to see more of this AU, surely.
Also, where would this be placed in "The Maud Couple"? I can at least say before she returns to Rockville, fittingly maybe right after she proclaims "Is it Opposite Day?!" and runs off. The scene cuts to the Pie family home in the morning, but it doesn't mean it's exactly the next day, so...
But that's enough from me. This fic was very nice, and you always seem to hit on unique pairings and situations. Thanks for this, Casket!
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And Applejack is a city pony from Manehattan who works in a cubicle setting and is nevertheless sensible, dependable, and scrupulously honest in her dealings.
A very enjoyable short! I'm a big fan of the way the characters are different-yet-similar and how it allows for airing of emotions that wouldn't normally be able to come out of the characters as we know them, but we can assume are still there to a degree. Framing it from Maudie's perspective as well makes it very compelling, as it's fun to see our Pinkie through new eyes. Very nice!
This au is very interesting, it’d be fun to learn more about how different our favorite ponies are!
I love the idea a reverse Equestria where the Mane 6 are still good but with wildly different personalities.
Big Mac talking is not just scary: it would break the laws of the universe.